I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

When I think of my past, I try to dwell on the good times, the happy moments, and not to be haunted by the bad. . . To me the gift of life is contained in the command, whatever happens: "Don't let it get you. Just keep on going." Thus, I try to think of the good that I have already experienced and what will still be coming.

In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.

There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed

Whenever I held my newborn baby in my arms, I used to think that what I said and did to him could have an influence not only on him but on all whom he met, not only for a day or a month or a year, but for all eternity - a very challenging and exciting thought for a mother.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.